When the novel coronavirus made its way to the United States, it landed here, in the Pacific Northwest. Transmission is a podcast about life at the heart of an epidemic. Today's episode: Lessons Learned. We consider what the past has to teach us about our present moment, starting with a woman who has nearly a century of perspective. She also happens to be on the front lines right now. Then we hear what happened the last time a major pandemic shut down much of the world, including Seattle: